New Delhi Nationalism and the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being misused to construct a “militant and purely emotional” idea of India that excludes millions of residents and citizens, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, in an apparent attack on the BJP. Addressing a gathering atRead More

Cuttack Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first-ever Khelo India University Games here on Saturday and said the event marks the next step in the country’s sporting revolution. As many as 3400 athletes from 159 universities across the country will vie for top honours across 17 disciplines, including rugby whichRead More

United Nations India ranked 77th on a sustainability index that takes into account per capita carbon emissions and ability of children in a nation to live healthy lives and secured 131st spot on a flourishing ranking that measures the best chance at survival and well-being for children, according to aRead More

New Delhi India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted on Thursday at the ongoing thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar, according to a statement issuedRead More

Washington China is one of the prime drivers of relationship between India and the United States – the two largest democracies of the world – not only in the last two decades but since India’s independence, a top Indian-American scholar has said in her latest book. “Today, it is aRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a surprise visit to ‘Hunar Haat’ at Rajpath here, where he interacted with artisans and relished ‘litti-chokha’ and ‘kulhad’ tea. Soon after chairing the meeting of the Union Cabinet, Modi reached Rajpath where ‘Hunar Haat’ is being organised by the MinistryRead More

Melbourne Australia has appointed former New South Wales premier Barry O’Farrell as the next high commissioner to India, one of Canberra’s closest and most significant partners in the Indo-Pacific, an official statement said on Tuesday. O’Farrell, 60, will succeed Harinder Sidhu who has been in the office since 2016. “BarryRead More

New Delhi India will send a C-17 military aircraft to Wuhan on February 20 to evacuate more Indians from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city and also provide medical supplies to China, military sources said on Tuesday. The C-17 Globemaster, the biggest military aircraft in the Air Force, will carry a largeRead More

New Delhi Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday suggested to the Delhi Police that it should be ready to deal with miscreants with “firm hands”, and at the same time remain calm despite “provocation”. At the 73rd Raising Day ceremony of the Delhi Police, Shah called it one ofRead More

Islamabad UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate “militarily and verbally” and exercise “maximum restraint” as he began his four-day visit to the country, amidst tense relationship between the two nuclear armed neighbours. Addressing a press conference after his meeting withRead More